30 th Conference of The European Colloid and Interface Society University of Rome "La Sapienza" ROME 4-9 SEPTEMBER, 2016 Plenary Speakers Liberato Manna - Italian Institute of Technology, IT David Pine - New York University, US Kathleen Stebe - University of Pennsylvania, US Molly Stevens - London Imperial College, UK Plenary lectures will also be given by the Solvay Prize and Overbeek Gold Medal 2016 winners. International Scientific Committee Jan K. G. Dhont, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany Francesco Sciortino, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy Luisa De Cola, University of Strasburg, France Julian Eastoe, University of Bristol, England Wilson Poon, University of Edimburgh, England Raffaele Mezzenga, ETH Zürich, Switzerland Karin Schillén, University of Lund, Sweden Ramon Pons, Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia, Spain Monica Schönhoff, University of Münster, Germany Elena Mileva, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria Giovanna Fragneto, ILL, Grenoble, France Bo Nyström, University of Oslo, Norway Piero Baglioni, University of Florence, Italy Imre Varga, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary Marija Bester-Rogac, University of Lubiana, Slovenia Rita de Sousa Dias, University of Science and Technology, Norway Artur J. M. Valente, University of Coimbra, Portugal Barbara Ruzicka, CNR, Institute for Complex Systems, Italy Zbigniew Adamczyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Cracow, Poland Anna Salvati, University of Groningen, The Nederlands Marité Cardenas Gomez, University of Malmo, Sweden José Vázquez Tato, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain Ger J. M. Koper, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Alfred Blume, Halle University, Germany Shlomo Magdassi, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel Jan Skov Pedersen, Aarhus University, Denmark Organizing Committee Luciano Galantini, Sapienza University of Rome (Conference Chair) Simona Sennato, CNR - ISC (Conference Co-Chair) Mauro Giustini, Sapienza University of Rome (Conference Co-Chair) Nicolae Viorel Pavel, Sapienza University of Rome Roberta Angelini, CNR, ISC Cecilia Bombelli, CNR, IMC Emanuela Zaccarelli, CNR, ISC Federico Bordi, Sapienza University of Rome Giancarlo Masci, Sapienza University of Rome Giovanna Mancini, CNR, IMC Camillo La Mesa, Sapienza University of Rome Nicoletta Gnan, CNR, ISC Claudio Maggi, Sapienza University of Rome Silvia Capuani, CNR, ISC Mauro Missori, CNR, ISC Lorenzo Rovigatti, University of Vienna Secretariat: Symposia srl and Raffella Gianferri, Sapienza University of Rome Webmaster: Francesco Di Pascasio, Sapienza University of Rome graphic by Francesco Di Pascasio April 24, 2016 Abstracts submission deadline Deadline : Oral presentations June 10, 2016 Notification on abstracts status June 19, 2016 Early-Bird Registration deadline Important dates https://www.ecis2016.org [email protected] Topics Self-Assembly Interfaces, Membranes, Emulsions and Foams Colloidal Dispersions and Colloidal Stability Polymer Solutions, Gels and Phase Behaviour Micro- and Nanostructured Materials Biomaterials and Medical Aspects Welcome to ECIS 2016, the 30th Conference of the European Colloid and Interface Society. The conference will be held from 4th to 9th September 2016, in the campus of the University of Rome “La Sapienza”, a nice, green and quiet area in the center of Rome dedicated to the exchange of knowledge. The aim of the conference is to bring chemists, physicists, biologists and engineers to a single platform to converge their expertise and ideas in the interdisciplinary field of colloidal and interface science.